Coin: silver 3 cent

Museum number:
2-34444
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020034444
Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Silver three cent, Trime (Type 2, three lines), 1854-1858, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1851 - shield within six pointed star Reverse: *************; C; III - value within serif C
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Production place:
Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Three-cent pieces
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 3 cent, accession number 2-34444, described as Silver three cent, Trime (Type 2, three lines), 1854-1858, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1851 - shield within six pointed star Reverse: *************; C; III - value within serif C

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